greetings from ft. collins, colorado. last night, i hopped on a jet plane after my last yoga class and woke up this morning about an hour outside of denver. i am here visiting one of my best friends (we met on the swim team at lmu) and recharging. i told her my priorities were her, sleep and yoga. in that order. i'm sixteen hours in to my four day visit and so far we are right on track.

the last week was a non stop hustle to get done everything that needed doing before i left. and wes was a huge help. we had a test shoot for the cake calendar at my house thursday morning and he went above and beyond whipping our place into shape and helping me with the deliveries that still had to go out while i was away.

so i treated him with a tasty margarita (one of his favorite cocktails). i still have a bit left over from a few friends winter citrus bounty and in the bunch are some beautiful pink and meyer lemons. of course, you can use whatever lemons you can get your hands on, this cocktail will be just as tasty.

honey + lemon margarita

serves: 1 cocktail

prep time: 1 minute

active time: 1 minute

total time: 2 minutes

ingredients: 2 oz tequila (i used casa amigos because he loves it and we have it on hand). 1.5 oz lemon juice. .5 oz st. germain (if you don't have this you can purchase it HERE or you could sub something like triple sec in a pinch). 1 tsp honey. 1 cup ice. shaker.

in the base of your shaker, add together all the ingredients.

add in two ore three ice cubes depending on how large your ice. too much ice and the honey will harden and not combine well. shake well for 30 seconds till everything is well combined.

place the rest of the ice in your serving glass and pour all the contents of the shaker into the glass.

serve and enjoy.

xo, a

honey + lemon margarita

serves: 1 cocktail

prep time: 1 minute

active time: 1 minute

total time: 2 minutes

ingredients: 2 oz tequila (i used casa amigos because he loves it and we have it on hand). 1.5 oz lemon juice. .5 oz st. germain (if you don't have this you can purchase it HERE or you could sub something like triple sec in a pinch). 1 tsp honey. 1 cup ice. shaker.

in the base of your shaker, add together all the ingredients. add in two ore three ice cubes depending on how large your ice. too much ice and the honey will harden and not combine well. shake well for 30 seconds till everything is well combined. place the rest of the ice in your serving glass and pour all the contents of the shaker into the glass. serve and enjoy.

we are finally starting to feel the first bit of crisp fall air in socal. while the cooling temps and shorter days don't exactly get me revved up (i am an endless summer kind of girl), the appearance of colder weather produce in stores does.

i haven't bought an orange or grapefruit in months and i am more than ready for blood oranges and big fat ruby reds.

citrus juice is one of my favorite cocktail mixers because it basically completely neutralizes the harsh flavor elements of booze. mixing it with something floral and something herbaceous makes it the perfect drink to welcome those earlier sunsets with.